Aaron Sivert Thompson

How they died

Deadly force

According to the Argus Leader: Sioux Falls dispatchers received a 911 hang-up call. When they called the number back a female caller said her roommate, Thompson, was upset and threatening to kill himself. When officers arrived, Thompson was walking down the sidewalk with a handgun. Police ordered him to drop the gun more than 30 times. Thompson fired his pistol toward officers, and they returned fire. Thompson continued to move forward and fire his gun, while five officers fired their weapons. Thompson fell in the driveway at 11:37 p.m. and died from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso after being hit 14 times.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Aaron Sivert Thompson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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